Marcel hair waver



July 19, 1921 H. ROWNE MARCEL HAIR WAVER Filed Feb. 14. 192:5

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A jar-pivotal joint; and an ob'ect of this'i'iiven- Patented July 19, 1927.

.*HTUGO BROWNE, or Los ANGmEs, ycil-LitioEnr-A.

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[Aii ljjetqf this mention ist@ "prqvide larr improved hair Waver Qadaptfed for Waving fon'esfoivn Lhair feitherfbefor'e or after` it li'as been' bombed; andaleo'adapted for ise "by yartists hair. drseingpzlors. 4

"'Smphcim afee-'ease time@ arid iperfe'ction' offtlie ivrk performed are lobieets 'of thevinvertion y. l u A Hari mfeterewfpe bee-mima@ @if tvv'o' members having tinesv and 'e'onneeted hair ean be obtaine'dbyis'e faliairryvfaver meende@ @i a eine@ .tine meubel'f and 'a ,two-tine member vplvotallyjointed together.

1 haefdiseivfd fue meer@ produ@ lsueli( appearane@ the tines employedfor 'profdueing the wavesinnetibelofa'eertain diam- 20 eter,thetine`vvaves ofeertain radii andthe sp'aCeS b etyveen ofafoe'rtain Width; .and'n 'arrying oii'tvthe 1invention according to this discovery, -the 'tines orfprongs of my newly A'invented hair yvaver" are of., round Steel oi' other suitablefliietallib"material one qarter of 'aninq'hjin diaiii'eter,Teach tine tapering 'to -a k"oint 'at ne,` end, and oon'rieeted to the Ieleliank vat"the"other end an Vintermedteroti-n; `fthe i tledefe Portions of pee, two, members `lfming @need by a pivot, and vthe tiney of 4one member-being spacedfrm the tinesof the `'other member -one-SiXte'enth *of an jineh; each :tine `being formed yvith llateral crves orbends eonsstconcave andxfvc'ofn'vex limbs or 'sections merglng lnto each other. i

The radius of the concave curve lis '5/8 bf an. inch and the Convex. and concave c'rves ...A`\,.,. vi., .n .or bends merge into eachother. The sides of the tivo outer lti'ries terirlilin'sitel in `]'oaral 1el planesand the `Singleorinner tine, when vifeived Afrom ,its edge, appears to bebetween "'tvvo jgiarallelwiat planesfand theytinesjare "rai'edby the "single tine, thevvaved "edges of the tvvo'rtin'es. bendftlie hair over and upon the vvaved edges ofthefeingle Vtlne.

The terminals-Mofv the] crimping tines darei tapered and y bent toward one `side/fmd when the rinper is closed the intermediate tine,

ifi-cm;- ihe tipsofftife, une@fandfffom'fhepfane 'ofthe ii'vot" that uniteswthe tivol'membei's.

Anlobject is to'start the wrvfefat'thefs'ealp lengt-4h,` hair, to edrespond to 'the `vvave of naturally vvavyhair. A l g' n. e feature Qi the Yent'Qnr'SS tliiati'g the Ithree `Atnefs n"et their l"freet ends, in *laterally :directed l taper points arranged *to 'feo'iiieto 'rest' practically infthe pla'neof t e pivotal axis ,of thel ivaver v v'he'ii *elo's'ed vvi h 'their' eines "inl Vparfall lisnfaiid oblidiie to the anisl of the' instrument; f'Betiveenthe 'pointed Jpo'rtin and) the L.biitts yofthe tinesof the twoy tine meinbeit, the 'spa'ejis practically fg bf an inohfin'vvidth. l y Anobject of` the invention's `to so Constr-lief, 'the aia-if weer that :itA win not break, `,out or strainaiiy of'theihairsof tlieheadand lhair I`is being. waved.

"A fetre efthe"inventi(ffn4 isA the eonetruetiony andarrang'ement of the tines 'whereby painstaking 5manner"colnsiiiniing much valvuabletime andvinvlviiig great laborfnd In the use of all other devices, known to this inventor, the hair is pulled and worked upon with such vigor as to oftentimes cause the subject' great pain and discomfort, all this is avoided and escaped and almost totally done away with by the use of this Marcel hair waver. p

With the use of this invention the hair is not broken or torn as is the case with all and any other device in nseknown to this petitioner.

An object .is such' ease and simplicity of use as will enable any one, child or grown person to use this invention to perfection right from the start.

An object is such simplicity and directness of structure as to insure the Waver durability and long lite no matter how frequently it may be used.

Other objects, advantages and features of invention may appear from the-accompanying drawings, the subjoined detail description and the appended claims.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invent-ion. y

4Figure 1 is an edge view of the Marcel hair waver shown open.

Fig. 2 is a view at right angles to Fig. 1, showing the hair waver closed.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the closed hair waver shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is a face view of the single tine member detached.

Fig. 5 is an edge View of the single tine member at right angles to Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a face view of the double tine member detached.

Fig. 7 is an edgeview of the double tine member at right angles to Fig. 6.

Since the actual and the relative dimensions and spacings ot the tines are involved in the attainment of certain objects .of this invention, certain dimensions in inches not indicated on the drawings, will be under- 'f stood trom the following description.

The Marcel hair waver comprises a single tine member 1, and a double tine member 2, jointed together by a pivot 3, and each member is provided with an insulated handle as at 4 and 4, of common construction.

The member 1 has a single tine 5 and the member 2 has two tines 6, 6. -The tines are adapted to be separated by spreading the handles 4 apa-rt as indicated in Fig. 1 and Hby the arrows in Fig. 3; and thel single and double tines when the Waver is opening may be said to separate from each other on oppo site sides ot a mid plane 7, produced from the axis ot the pivot 3. v

The sides (1,?) of the tines are straight and the tines are bent edgewise of the closed waver, into waves as 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21; and are formed with pointed terminals 22 Vthat extend obliquely in axial parallelism toward a produced edge (l/2!! l and one-halt (3l/2f) inches long.

line 23 of the Waver. This construction is apparent from Figs. 2 and 4.

The purpose ot providing the tines with tapdered terminal'points as at 22, is twool In the irst place it is understood that in ordinary use, the tines of the waver will be heated to the appropriate heat and the handles are then grasped by the fingers of one hand, not shown, and the waver'opened as in Fig. 1; and that the single tine will then be thrust between the scalp and the strand or body or bunch of hair to be waved at the particular orsingle waving operation; and such strand, body orbunch being spread properly on the single tine the Waver will be closed and held while the heat of the tines is effective to produce tlie'required waves. Y

The member 1 is a single piece of metal, as iron, brass or steel, while the member 2 of llike material is forked as shown in Figs. 3 anc 6.

The single thin member is composed of one quarter (lf) inch round steel or iron,

eight and one half (8l/2) inches long, the

extreme end 22 tapering to a point. The opposite end is sunken into a nickel plated ring 24 one-halt of an inch (1/2) wide and terminating in a wooden handle three and one-half (3l/2) inches long. Three and three quarter (3S/4) .inches of the one quarter (lf) inch round metal is devoted to six waves. Five of said waves are of a seven eighth (78) inch radius and one wave tapering to the point is of five eighths (5/5,) inch radius as` shown. Below the wage there is a five eighth inch radius left hand curve, followed by a five eighth (t3/8) inch right hand curve; the round iron there being sevenweighth (,7/,\) inch long.

The ljoint is pressed nine sixteenths (195') inch wide and three quarts (yf) ot' an inch longwith a three sixteenth (-,1) inch hole 3 in its center. Y A slot 26 is in the center of: the pressed Joint, one and threeisixteenths (195') inches long and three sixteenths (-,f-i) of an inch wide. The slot slanted through the joint at an angle o t seven sixteenths (56) of an inch radius so as to lit vthe second piece or part 2 B oit the curlin iron. The joint is `followed by a piece o `metal one quarter (lf) of an inch in diameter and there is a fifteen sixteenth inch radius `from there to a nickel plated one half inch ring mounted on a wooden handle three The member 2 1s composed of a double fork one 'quarter (1/1) inch round metal with six (6) parallel waves of the same radius as with member 1; the metal there being devoted to the waves, is tour and eleven sixteenths (4l-23) inches long. The parallel forks are three eighths (3/8) of an inch llo The edges only of the tines or prongs arev` waved; the sides ot the prongs being in a. 'Hat plane so that the hair gathered by the single tine ol the one tine member will naturally lie in position tobe waved when the single tine is inserted under a portion of the hair to be waved.

lVhen the hair is lifted by the single tine,r

and the waver is closed, and held closed long enough to form the waves,.the operator opens the waver and moves it along the strand or wisp ot hair to the end of the last wave formed on the waver and the waver 1s again closed` and held to form the waves; and

so on until the hair desired to be waved has thus been dressed.

The spaces between the tines throughout the greater portion ot their length are of less width than the thickness ot the tines so that when the Waver is closed as shown in Fig. 8, the strands of the hair are tightly :forced together into the waved torni,y except at the spaces between the taper tips; and those spaces are wider so as not todisplace the separate hairs at the roots.

It is noted that when the single tine is brought against the scalp with the Waver open as indicated in Fig. 1, there is no tendency to pull the hair and when the Waver is closed as indicated in Fig. 3, it does not pull the hair; and that owing to the oblique arrangement of' the single tine to the axial plane 7 7 ot the waver, a longer wave is given to the hair as the distance from the scalp increases.

It is noted .that the lioi nt between the members is so constructed by means of the stop that the crimping tines are uniformly stopped in the same position when the handles are brought as near together as they will go, and an advantage gained by this is that the waving close to Vthe scalp may be more uniform throughout by simply closing the handles as much as possible during each crimping operation.

I claim:

A hair waver comprising a single tine member and a two-tine member pivotally connected, each tine tapering and terminating in a` sharp laterally directed point at one end and connected to a handle shank at the other end by an intermediate portion, theA intermediate portion ot the single tine member being provided'with a slanted slot and the two prong member adapted to extend through said slot and being connected by ay pivot spaced from the tines of the other member one-sixteenth o'f an inch, each tine being one-fourth inch in rdia-meter and being formed ot lateral curves consisting of concave and convex bends or sections merged into each other; and the convex and concave curves or bends merging into each other, the

sides of the two outer tines terminating in parallel planes and the single or inner tine when viewed from its edge appearing-to be between two paialleliat` planes, the membersy being so constructed and pivoted together that when the Waver is closed the single tine extends between and projects beyond the plane ot the two tines and is oblique to such plane so that when the single tine isvinserte'd between the scalp and the hair to be waved, and the waver is closed upon the hair raised vby the single tine, the waved edges ot theV two tines bend the hair over and upon the waved edges of the single tine.l

HUGO BnowNE. 

